For Her.

All the nights of our lives spent taking our time was just a waste of mine Tracing lines on my naked back of where to place the knives Who'd have thought the savory flavor of tasting wine Came from a basin of hemlock stems you laced inside Double crossing glasses, locking lips with an assassin There's venom in that lip gloss so let me at it Take my heart and wrap it in a straight jacket Trap it in a box, lock and stab it, ain't no escaping this passion I may be batshit but I know this guano Won't come running to a blood sucking vampire, no I heard you loved me, turns out that's a damn lie though So take your words and my trust, shove 'em on the pyre for A while slow roasting, God knows They're better off as ashes and hot coals swept as the gust blows Tenderly 'till nothing's left but memories and all those Regrets that you lent to me, there's lots of those I must be stupid thinking you would never do what you did Tied the knot, why'd it start to loosen? Stayed afraid of watching it fray, never thought you'd take the loose ends And hastily mend them into a noose meant for who's neck I think it must've been mine, rending and biting And ending every night fighting into bedtime, I'm getting tired And I just want to rest my reddened eyes and let it die So why you bent on trying extending its life Like a general who wants more of our war Armory sharpened and claws raw Artillery loaded and tanks rolling to flank me off guard I'm exhausted, go toss your fatigues back in your armoire It's all en garde, drawn blood, and I'm sorry's And all of these apologies mark more The hardest part is how I never wanted to part Remember when you said we were best friends? I guess it was all talk I'm not falling for it no more, I'm taking my leave Seems our garden had a snake in the trees Eden the fruit we grew upon our laboring knees Who'da knew our true love could be make believe I hate the way I love you, I hate the way I hate you I hate the way that every little thing makes me think of you I hate the pain that comes with every memory I used to love That suddenly was tainted, won't somebody say it ain't true Ain't you glad to see the masterpiece we painted How you drew your blade and made me wish that I could just erase you Replace you with emptiness and reminisce On how the lack of color brings to light the darkness in our hearts and brains too Make you a eulogy for you to read of what we used to be And let it cruelly sweep into the sea for foolish reasons You been thieving, you stole what I found to believe in And now our holy ground's a hole in the ground for the demons Let 'em rest in pieces, I'm long gone Hope it's what you've always wanted all along I'll chalk up the bodies and chalk you up to just another lost cause Cut my losses, cut you off and walk on And start forgetting all about you, and rend you out my heart I shoulda listened to it whispering when I started to doubt you So sayonara I'm a goner, let's pretend this never started Honestly I'm better off without you